Colorado girl suspended from school for shaving head in support of friend with cancer

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado -- A Colorado girl was suspended from school for violating the dress code after she shaved her head in support of a friend undergoing treatments for cancer.

Outrage quickly spread over the internet Monday after Caprock Academy’s decision to suspend student Kamryn Renfro who shaved her head over the weekend in solidarity with her friend Delaney Clements, 11, who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer, in 2010, The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction, Colo. reported.

According to the report, Renfro was told she couldn’t return to school until she grew her hair back.

The attention raised over the suspension has caused the school to hold a special meeting tonight to discuss its policy.

Caprock Board of Directors Chairwoman and President Catherine M. Norton Breman said in a statement released to The Daily Sentinel confirmed that shaved heads are against the school’s dress code “which was created to promote safety, uniformity, and a non-distracting environment for the school’s students.”

Delaney told KUSA-TV that she appreciates what she friend did for her.

"It made me feel very special and that I'm not alone," she said.

A woman believed to the suspended student’s mother, Jamie Olson Renfro, posted on social media Monday that she was trying to get the school to reconsider its decision.

“Words cannot express how humbled my family is from all the support that our friends, family, and even people we have never met before, have shown us through this ordeal that we started (Sunday) evening,” she wrote.